The Professor Contributor(s): Brontė, Charlotte (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847497179 ISBN-13: 9781847497178 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $9.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1130 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When the orphaned William refuses his uncles' proposal to become a clergyman and angrily leaves his job in the counting-house of his brother's mill, he decides to accept a position as an English teacher at a boys' school in Brussels. When his career leads him to take up an additional post at a girls' school nearby, William becomes emotionally involved with the manipulative headmistress of the establishment, Mademoiselle Reuter. The tensions rise until one of his pupils and fellow teachers - for whom he has tender feelings - is suddenly dismissed and is nowhere to be found. Based on Charlotte Bront 's own autobiographical experience in Brussels as a teacher and only published posthumously, The Professor was Charlotte Bront 's first attempt at full-length fiction and bears all the hallmarks of her future work, with touches of genius and an unparalleled sharpness of style. |